EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS

HISTORY

• The bill & Melinda gates foundation founded the early college high school initiative (echoi) in 2002, along with New York’s Carnegie corporation, the ford foundation, and the w.k Kellogg foundation
• Most partner with a university, college, or community college

WHY WERE THEY CREATED?

• These schools make it possible for students who have few opportunities to continue to higher education.

MOTIVATION IS KEY

• Many early colleges only accept freshman candidates - no late transfer- which is why recruitment starts in middle school
• Students are required to meet with all their high school demands during the first two years of early college

TOWARDS A COLLEGE DEGREE

• An innovation way for high school students to earn both a high school degree & a two year associates degree ( or up to 2 years toward a bachelors degree)
• Are they like vocational schools?
• Are they like college preparatory schools?

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PROS/ WHAT YOU WILL FIND

• Hard work
• Diversity
• Lots of support
• A smoother transition from high school to college
• Creates college mentality
• Good value
• Smaller size

CONS/ WHAT OTHERS MAY FEAR

• Too young to make decision
• No high school experience
• Risk of early exposure to college life
• Unclear whether early college high schools really lead to college success

STATISTICS

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• If you could go back, would you have considered attending an early college high school?

Works cited


- https://all4ed.org/ten-facts-about-dual-enrollment-and-early-college-high-s...
- https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/echsgen.asp
- https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/ear...
- https://nebhe.org/journal/early-to-college-likely-to-rise-benefits-and-chal...